Would you pay Pulev to take a dive?

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Joshua is good enough to destory Pulev anyway.

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EDIT: for the sake of giving this post some purpose other than just simply agreeing with Mr. Jake:

I think if you seriously had to pay 39 year old Pulev to take a dive against your 'cashcow', you'd be looking for another cashcow worth promoting that can actually beat a geriatric, shopworn, smaller opponent in Pulev who has been dominated by Wlad (whom used AJ as a sparring partner to prepare for Pulev).

In other words, AJ is good enough to handle Pulev any which way he wants, as if you'd risk being exposed bribing some random Bulgarian guy, the embarrassment would last even into the afterlife.

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That's PBC business techniques.

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If you were Matchroom, Top Rank, MTK etc..Would you be tempted to get Pulev to take a dive for a few million, knowing that there could be £100m+ to be made from Fury v AJ? So what’s a few million when you’re guaranteed crazy money in return?

Not that they would probably need him to take a dive but there’s always a risk in boxing. Would you be tempted to try to eliminate that risk knowing what lies ahead financially?

No I would not.It is dishonest and turns boxing into pro wrestling. People bet on fights and sometimes bet a lot. If a guy bet a lot of money on Pulev and Pulev was good enough to win but he took a dive then I made sure that guy lost his money by fixing the fight. I love money like everyone else but I want to make my money honestly without hurting others. I have to live with myself. I would not fix fights to make more money for myself.

[xxlefthookxx]

Joshua is good enough to destory Pulev anyway.

Correct. No reason to waste the money. Pulev is stationary and one-dimensional. Got a big, hittable head as well. The outcome will only depend on how aggressive AJ is--12 rounds of sparring like Ruiz 2 or methodical beatdown like Takam.

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EDIT: for the sake of giving this post some purpose other than just simply agreeing with Mr. Jake:

I think if you seriously had to pay 39 year old Pulev to take a dive against your 'cashcow', you'd be looking for another cashcow worth promoting that can actually beat a geriatric, shopworn, smaller opponent in Pulev who has been dominated by Wlad (whom used AJ as a sparring partner to prepare for Pulev).

In other words, AJ is good enough to handle Pulev any which way he wants, as if you'd risk being exposed bribing some random Bulgarian guy, the embarrassment would last even into the afterlife.

To be honest people probably would’ve said Joshua should have no trouble with Andy Ruiz, we saw what happened.

But that’s my point, to eliminate any risk at all for the reward of £100 million, would you be willing to do something to eliminate any risk of losing £100 million?

Many would. Business people only look at the numbers and the risk.

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Unnecessary, wasted money, not worth the risk of getting caught. If Joshua's not good enough to be confident of blowing away Pulev he'd have no business fighting Fury anyway.

[FinitoxDinamita]

Depends. Those that find out can also take a pay off..

Happens in all industries.

Hell yea dude

[Sadiqkingofko]

I don't think Pulev need's to take a dive for Joshua to win, I still don't get who he's beaten to become mandatory, and he's wide open to left hooks and uppercuts, Joshua will spark him out with in 4

[FinitoxDinamita]

Haha Pulev is a journeyman level fighter that dont need to take dives.

Seriously it’s not even worth it for team Joshua to take that chance.

[_Rexy_]

Dude, it's ****ing Pulev lol. You don't need to pay him to take a dive. Ring only put him in the top 10 because he's fighting AJ.